An Ellipsis Approach to Gapless Relative Clauses in Korean

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Jeong-Shik Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제70호, 1~23쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.12.01

영문 초록

In this paper I argue that the so-called gapless relative clause (GRC) in Korean actually has a syntactic gap, and thus, it is a variant of the externally headed regular gappy RC. I also argue that the surface structure of GRC is derived from the underlying structure where the cause-effect relation required in GRC constructions is fully realized via pragmatically conditioned ellipsis. Thus I suggest that the verbal effect part can be ellipted to the extent that this part is pragmatically recoverable in the presence of the head noun that denotes the same effect. The categorial status of the GRC is further claimed to be CP, which then hosts operator movement in its Spec in a usual way. So there is little anomaly in the RCs known as gapless RCs.

목차

1. Introduction

2. A Review of Some Alleged Properties of GRCs

3. Apparent Gapless as Gappy

4. Why Ellipsis for GRCs?

5. The Structure of Gapless RCs

6. Gapless RCs: IP or CP?

7. Nominative-Genitive Conversion, Verbal Complex Ellipsis

8. Conclusion

키워드

relative clause gapless gappy cause-effect pragmatic ellipsis pragmatic recoverability